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My husband, Toshiaki, and I have been married nearly 27 years. Today, it's hard to believe that both sets of parents were not … [Read more...]

Who will take care of Mom and Dad, and Auntie and Uncle? Nobody wants to talk about this and yet sooner or later nearly all of us are confronted with these difficult decisions. Most people want to put it off hoping it won’t have to be dealt with at all. Some are lucky and the beloved elderly family … [Read more...]

I have spent the last year researching Japan’s possible responses to the challenges of a growing aging society with a shrinking workforce. The challenges include how to keep an economy growing with fewer and fewer workers, how to boost the birthrates in declining population with large numbers of … [Read more...]